The mayor of the Karelian city of Pitkyaranta, Tatyana Yurchenko, was hit by a car while crossing the road in the wrong place. TASS reports this with reference to the city administration. The accident occurred on the evening of December 10, when Yurchenko was crossing the road near the city hall. A woman was hit by a Geely car. Yurchenko was diagnosed with a fractured forearm and was taken to the hospital.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai explained during a US congressional hearing why the search engine shows photos of US President Donald Trump when typing "idiot". Pichai was asked about this by Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren. “If you type the word 'idiot' [in the 'Pictures' section], photos of Donald Trump will appear. I just did it. How does the search work if this happens? she asked.

Forbes magazine has published its annual ranking of the highest paid writers. It includes 11 authors who earned a total of $283 million in US book sales from June 2017 to June 2018. First place in the ranking was taken by James Patterson, known for his series of detective stories about Inspector Alex Cross. Patterson earned $86 million for the year. In second place is Harry Potter author JK Rowling with $54 million.

Updated . According to the latest reports, as a result of the shooting, four people were killed and ten were injured, according to Le Figaro , citing the mayor of Strasbourg, Roland Ry. There was a shooting in the center of Strasbourg. According to the latest data, two people were killed and 12 were injured, according to Le Figaro, citing the authorities of the Bas-Rhin department (in which Strasbourg is located).

Police investigators and FSB operatives seized documents from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) building in Moscow and questioned several agency executives, RBC reported, citing the FAS press service. The press service did not specify what the investigative actions were related to. Kommersant, citing sources, writes that they are related to the criminal case of attempted fraud on an especially large scale, in which the singer Arei Balevsky was arrested in September.

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Sergei Prokopiev went into outer space. They must examine the outer surface of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft docked to the ISS, in the skin of which a hole was found. The astronauts will have to open the thermal insulation and the protective panel on the outer side of the spacecraft in the area of ​​the hole. They will have to take photos and videos of this area, as well as take samples from it, and then seal it again.

The commander of the Ukrainian sailors detained in the Kerch Strait, Denis Gritsenko, does not plead guilty to illegally crossing the Russian border. This was reported to Interfax by his lawyer Nikolai Polozov. He believes that the rest of the detained sailors will adhere to the position of innocence. The lawyer noted that Gritsenko refused to testify, saying that he considers himself a prisoner of war.

An unidentified man opened fire in the cathedral of the Brazilian city of Campinas. This is reported by the Brazilian TV channel GloboNews, citing emergency services. The attack happened during a service in the cathedral. The shooter went inside, sat on a bench for a while, then got up and opened fire, writes Associated Press, citing police. According to GloboNews, four people were killed and four others were injured in the attack.

Director of the Department of Youth Policy of the Sverdlovsk Region Olga Glatskikh returned to work. This is evidenced by a copy of the order of the governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev, published by the Ural publications 66.ru and Novyy Den . The order says that the Glatskys were allowed to return to work from December 10. URA.ru, citing another order of the governor , reports that, following the results of the audit, the official received a reprimand.

Russian police have been banned from attending concerts by rock and rap artists who, in their texts, “promote anarchism” or oppose state authorities. About this writes "URA.ru" with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. The directive, signed by Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, has already been received by most police departments. According to one of the interlocutors of the agency, police officers are promised punishment up to and including dismissal for violations.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with members of the Presidential Council on Human Rights on December 11. Below is a summary of his answers to the main questions. Verbatim quotes are given in quotation marks. About the arrest of Lev Ponomarev . We need to think about changes to the law on rallies. I will ask the Prosecutor General to check the decision on the arrest, but it was confirmed by two courts. And there were calls for an unsanctioned rally. Do you want it like in Paris?

President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Human Rights Council was asked about the arrest for 16 days of human rights activist Leo Ponomarev for calls to participate in the inconsistent campaign “for our and your children”. In response, Putin noted that the decision was confirmed by a higher court and recalled the riots in Paris . The broadcast of the meeting is conducted by RT. Photo in the announcement: Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Scanpix / Leta

Igor Petyx / ANSA / AP / Scanpix / Leta The head of Koza Nostra Settimo Mineo was detained with dozens of other members of the clan on December 4, 2018 in Palermo In recent weeks, several events have occurred at once related to the Italian mafia. On November 17, 87-year-old Salvatore Riin, one of the most famous and influential bosses of the Sicilian mafia, the former head of the Kosa Nostra, died in prison, sentenced to 26 lifelong terms for organizing dozens of murders and terrorist attacks.

The VGIK management has banned the “Being Kirill Serebrennikov” event, which was planned for December 12 by the authors of the documentary about the Gogol Center, from being held on the university’s premises. This was stated by one of the organizers, playwright Valery Pecheikin. As part of the action, its participants were supposed to say on camera the words of Kirill Serebrennikov , pronounced in court. As a result, the action was moved to a shopping center.

(Spoiler: No, the opposite is good) Sergey Bobylev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Rick Kihira, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Alina Zagitova after the final Grand Prix In early December, the Grand Prix finals in figure skating took place. The gold medalist of the 2018 Olympics, Alina Zagitova, became only the second, the silver medalist of the same Games Evgenia Medvedeva did not at all climbed to the final of the Grand Prix.